This just in from frequent TVWriter™ contributor Hank Isaac:
I just learned that the Pilot Episode of Lilac has won Best TV Pilot in the 36th annual American Movie Awards. The awards date back to 1980 and boast a list of prominent winners too long for this announcement. In recent years, the awards have begun to focus more on the world of independent filmmakers. I hope Lilac’s filmmakers are as proud of each other as I am of them.
Everyone that knows me knows that I’m obsessed with Outlander. And right now my obsessed self is so glad that what Outlander fans call “Droughtlander” is over.
While reading the second book of Diana Gabaldon’s series I had reservations about whether its complexities could be adapted to television.
If you are not familiar with the story, know that it follows WWII Combat Nurse Claire Randall, who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1700’s Scotland where she is immediately in danger. She is forced to wed Scottish Warrior Jamie Fraser and a passionate relationship ignites.
…and illustrators and videographers (whatever they are). This leading content aggregation site (hey, everybody at TVWriter™ uses it!) is looking for freelance content creators who “are passionate about your craft and feedly [sic]” and can “create concise content that helps others get the most out of feedly.”
And, it appears that whomever takes on the gig will get something out if it too – like dinero. No, they don’t come out and say so on the site, but their application does have a specific blank for “My rate,” and we doubt that they’re asking just so they’ll know what you won’t be getting paid if they bring you on. (Yeah, we’re asking to get kicked in the teeth with that assumption, aren’t we? Sorry.)
Here it is, girls and boys, the intel you’ve been waiting for. How the hippest network in the history of TV got that way.
Future TV network creators, take note. (We sure as !#@ have.)
“Whatever you resist you become. If you resist anger, you are always angry. If you resist sadness, you are always sad. If you resist suffering, you are always suffering. If you resist confusion, you are always confused. We think that we resist certain states because they are there, but actually they are there because we resist them.” — Adyashanti
The most common answer I’ve seen on to how to deal with criticism is “Deal with it. Grow a thick skin.” The idea is that after a while of being insulted, criticized, or dragged over the coals, you develop a kind of emotional callous (‘thick skin’). Maybe this means that one day you wake up and you’re a-okay with someone trashing you and your work. Or you’re able to discern whose opinions matter and whose don’t. Or, at least, you get better at ignoring the pain.
But does that actually happen? Does the fiftieth time a person insults your work hurt less than the first? What about all of that time in the meantime while you’re ‘toughening up’? Many writers are sensitive people. That is not a bad thing. It’s a trait like any other, and oftentimes it’s quite valuable in creative professions. However, now more than ever you’re susceptible to thousands of people’s opinions about you and your work. What can you do about it if you’re not the sort who lets things roll off their back easily?